Cheatsheets and Handbook
Zero Waste Homes - A User’s Handbook
This hands-on, no-nonsense guide will help you reduce waste in your journey to going zero waste, without beating about the bush. It lists what you might be doing currently, offers you options to make the switch along with some rationale. Yes, this handbook will push you to what you may feel are extremes. You may feel some ideas are not practical. Don’t worry. Do what you can.
Know MoreZero Waste Office - A User’s Handbook
This handbook has been created for organisations in order to better manage plastic waste, and move towards Zero Waste. It is based on practical insights and the laws: Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 and Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016.
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Everything here is amplified if it is part of a community or an institution.
Know MoreAt A Glance : Waste In India
Urban India’s solid waste is a mix of organic waste, sanitary waste, household injurious and hazardous waste, construction and demolition (C&D) debris and e-waste. A huge network of waste pickers, kabariwallahs and recyclers handle a sizeable portion of the waste.
Know MoreAt A Glance : Waste And Health
Hazardous waste is generated by factories, industries and common household objects that produce toxic metallic, organic, electronic and electrical toxins. Toxins from landfills, open dump sites and leachate contaminate the air, water and soil through which they enter the food chain and subsequently the human body with deadly consequences.
Know MoreAt A Glance : Waste And Climate Change
Climate change from waste is linked to global resource extraction, transportation, processing, and manufacturing. In landfills, methane-producing microbes acting upon untreated organic waste emit methane and carbon dioxide greenhouse gases (GHGs) that contribute to global warming and climate change.
Know MoreAt A Glance : Waste And Air Pollution
Air pollution in India is caused by unsustainable solid waste management practices (open burning, landfill fires, and incineration), industrial point and area sources, vehicles, domestic fuel burning, and roads.
Know MoreAt A Glance : Sanitary Waste
Sanitary waste includes menstrual waste (used panty liners, sanitary pads and tampons) as well as used condoms, syringes, diapers, cotton and bandages, all of which contain bodily fluids and are categorised as domestic hazardous waste.
Know MoreAt A Glance : Plastics
Polymeric materials or plastics include:Commodity plastics: polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), and polystyrene (PS). Engineering and specialty plastics: styrene derivatives (PS/EPS & SAN/ ABS), polycarbonates, poly methyl methacrylate, poly oxy methylene (POM), etc.
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